Brenda Diaz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Looks like Brenda will be advancing to the general election. Didn’t see that coming.

She also advanced to the general election two years ago, and then lost to the MCEA-endorsed candidate by 14 points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

I don’t know if that’s true, but what if she doesn’t like vaccines? So what? My body my choice, right? Right?

Oh the anti vaxer morons have entered the chat.

Vaccine mandates for school children are important it is not the same as "my body my choice." Screw off you dumb pos. Bodily autonomy typically means your choices only affect you. However, transmissible viruses impact the health and safety of vulnerable members of the public (e.g., the elderly, infants, or immunocompromised individuals).

Hegstaff the fool stopped mandating vaccines for our military; look how that has worked out, fool!.

To be fair, some of the military-mandated vaccines are a bit much when they are not traveling abroad. If she doesn't want to vaccinate, that's her choice, but given the situation with COVID, she should have been immediately terminated as she cannot follow basic rules; how do we expect students to? Because of people like her refusing basic precautions, we had to keep our kids in virtual school due to serious health issues.

There are good reasons for some not to get vaccinated. The covid vaccine made me sick for months, so I didn't do more than my two shots, but most people don't get hospitalized for it, like I did, as things got so serious. I warned my doctor, but she refused to listen, so I did it, and I went from the vaccine clinic to being immediately hospitalized. Getting COVID for me was far easier than the vaccine.

I slowed down my kids shots after one got a bad reaction and did 1-2 shots at a time (spread out over 6-8 weeks) but we worked with the doctor and they knew we'd come back and do them and it was much better doing less, more often but many parents aren't willing to do that many appointments which is why they do so many at once.

But Diaz faked medical issues, unlike some of us who have thousands of pages of medical records to prove what's going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

I don’t know if that’s true, but what if she doesn’t like vaccines? So what? My body my choice, right? Right?

Oh the anti vaxer morons have entered the chat.

Vaccine mandates for school children are important it is not the same as "my body my choice." Screw off you dumb pos. Bodily autonomy typically means your choices only affect you. However, transmissible viruses impact the health and safety of vulnerable members of the public (e.g., the elderly, infants, or immunocompromised individuals).

Hegstaff the fool stopped mandating vaccines for our military; look how that has worked out, fool!.

To be fair, some of the military-mandated vaccines are a bit much when they are not traveling abroad. If she doesn't want to vaccinate, that's her choice, but given the situation with COVID, she should have been immediately terminated as she cannot follow basic rules; how do we expect students to? Because of people like her refusing basic precautions, we had to keep our kids in virtual school due to serious health issues.

There are good reasons for some not to get vaccinated. The covid vaccine made me sick for months, so I didn't do more than my two shots, but most people don't get hospitalized for it, like I did, as things got so serious. I warned my doctor, but she refused to listen, so I did it, and I went from the vaccine clinic to being immediately hospitalized. Getting COVID for me was far easier than the vaccine.

I slowed down my kids shots after one got a bad reaction and did 1-2 shots at a time (spread out over 6-8 weeks) but we worked with the doctor and they knew we'd come back and do them and it was much better doing less, more often but many parents aren't willing to do that many appointments which is why they do so many at once.

But Diaz faked medical issues, unlike some of us who have thousands of pages of medical records to prove what's going on.

BS there are not good reasons for a candidate to advocate for no vaccine mandates.

And as for the military you are an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Looks like Brenda will be advancing to the general election. Didn’t see that coming.

She also advanced to the general election two years ago, and then lost to the MCEA-endorsed candidate by 14 points.

Voters are idiots to have voted for this POS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Looks like Brenda will be advancing to the general election. Didn’t see that coming.

She also advanced to the general election two years ago, and then lost to the MCEA-endorsed candidate by 14 points.

Voters are idiots to have voted for this POS

Voters are idiots to vote for same pos candidates that keep destroying mcps. Do you see anything good in how mcps was lead in the last 4-6 years? This is not about Brenda Diaz but about giving a voice to unhappy families. Maybe is it a crazy voice but better than none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

What is wrong with her quote? She is 100% accurate.

You may personally agree with it but this is Montgomery County and most people will recognize these beliefs as those of a RWNJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

I don’t know if that’s true, but what if she doesn’t like vaccines? So what? My body my choice, right? Right?

Oh the anti vaxer morons have entered the chat.

Vaccine mandates for school children are important it is not the same as "my body my choice." Screw off you dumb pos. Bodily autonomy typically means your choices only affect you. However, transmissible viruses impact the health and safety of vulnerable members of the public (e.g., the elderly, infants, or immunocompromised individuals).

Hegstaff the fool stopped mandating vaccines for our military; look how that has worked out, fool!.

To be fair, some of the military-mandated vaccines are a bit much when they are not traveling abroad. If she doesn't want to vaccinate, that's her choice, but given the situation with COVID, she should have been immediately terminated as she cannot follow basic rules; how do we expect students to? Because of people like her refusing basic precautions, we had to keep our kids in virtual school due to serious health issues.

There are good reasons for some not to get vaccinated. The covid vaccine made me sick for months, so I didn't do more than my two shots, but most people don't get hospitalized for it, like I did, as things got so serious. I warned my doctor, but she refused to listen, so I did it, and I went from the vaccine clinic to being immediately hospitalized. Getting COVID for me was far easier than the vaccine.

I slowed down my kids shots after one got a bad reaction and did 1-2 shots at a time (spread out over 6-8 weeks) but we worked with the doctor and they knew we'd come back and do them and it was much better doing less, more often but many parents aren't willing to do that many appointments which is why they do so many at once.

But Diaz faked medical issues, unlike some of us who have thousands of pages of medical records to prove what's going on.

BS there are not good reasons for a candidate to advocate for no vaccine mandates.

And as for the military you are an idiot.

We are military, and you are the idiot if you don't realize how many vaccines they push and all aren't necessary except if you go abroad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.

I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?

She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.

If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.

What I'm hearing is that, if COVID happened again, she'd keep schools open. Sounds like the best candidate for the job by far.

You seem to forget how deadly COVID was at the beginning, with no vaccine. Good thing your children, if you have any, are healthy. Any child with a compromised immune system would be in danger during an uncontrolled pandemic. But hey, good luck with your MAHA thinking.

There is no hell hot enough for the people who ruined so many children's lives with this nonsense.

and you belong in a mental ward.

If there is another pandemic, it most likely won't be Covid. If you go into it thinking everything will automatically be the same as Covid with no actual information, you will kill people. We were lucky that covid did not disproportionately effect young children. So many diseases do. IF the next pandemic kills kids more than adults, would you want schools open? I think not. But you won't wait for evidence, you'll just bluster. Ugh.

I am so sick of the covid-ptsd people who will refuse to follow any public health mandates because they think they "know" better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Looks like Brenda will be advancing to the general election. Didn’t see that coming.

She also advanced to the general election two years ago, and then lost to the MCEA-endorsed candidate by 14 points.

Voters are idiots to have voted for this POS

Voters are idiots to vote for same pos candidates that keep destroying mcps. Do you see anything good in how mcps was lead in the last 4-6 years? This is not about Brenda Diaz but about giving a voice to unhappy families. Maybe is it a crazy voice but better than none.

No MAGA ever. They have already destroyed too much. They accomplish nothing of substance or use. They only destroy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Looks like Brenda will be advancing to the general election. Didn’t see that coming.

She also advanced to the general election two years ago, and then lost to the MCEA-endorsed candidate by 14 points.

Voters are idiots to have voted for this POS

The problem is low voter turnout during the primaries. When only 25% of eligible voters show up, it makes it possible for candidates like Brenda to squeak by.

[Anonymous]

I had voted for Chase but I will switch to Lazo in the general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

What is wrong with her quote? She is 100% accurate.

You may personally agree with it but this is Montgomery County and most people will recognize these beliefs as those of a RWNJ

What is RWNJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

What is wrong with her quote? She is 100% accurate.

You may personally agree with it but this is Montgomery County and most people will recognize these beliefs as those of a RWNJ

What is RWNJ?

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+is+a+rwnj

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

What is wrong with her quote? She is 100% accurate.

You may personally agree with it but this is Montgomery County and most people will recognize these beliefs as those of a RWNJ

What is RWNJ?

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+is+a+rwnj

She will balance leftists.

What they did with magnet programs is atrocious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had voted for Chase but I will switch to Lazo in the general.

+1. I suspect many chase voters will as well.